Yet, companies who have digitized their core processes have 25 percent lower IT costs. These are the benefits of an effective foundation for execution.”

Leading Edge Companies Pull Further and Further Ahead

A good foundation for execution can help you focus, invest wisely, and get ahead.

Ross, Weill, and Robertson write:

“In contrast, 12 percent of the companies we studied are frittering away management attention and technology investments on a myriad of (perhaps) locally sensible projects that don’t support enterprise wide objectives.

Another 48 percent of the companies are cutting waste from their IT budgets but haven’t figured out how to increase value from IT.

Meanwhile, a few leading-edge companies are leveraging a foundation for execution to pull further and further ahead.”

Companies with a Good Foundation for Execution Have an Increasing Advantage

A good foundation for execution is an exponential advantage.

Ross, Weill, and Robertson write:

“As such statistics show, companies with a good foundation for execution have an increasing advantage over those that don’t. In this book, we describe how to design, build, and leverage a foundation for execution.

Based on survey and case study research at more than 400 companies in the United States and Europe, we provide insights, tools, and language to help managers recognize their core operations, digitize their core to more efficiently support their strategy, and exploit their foundation for execution to achieve business agility and profitable growth.”

I’ve seen the force multiplier of strategy+execution, and it’s no surprise why that is the difference that makes the difference between companies that thrive, and ones that die.